Oil Palm Fibre and Nano-Silica Reinforced Epoxy Composite Material

Abstract:

This paper presents a study on tensile properties of Nano Silicon Carbide (n-SiC) and oil palm fibre (OPF) reinforced epoxy composites. The dosage of n-SiC and OPF are limited to 0%, 1%, 3% & 5% by mass of the total epoxy material. As a part of the research, experimental study is carried out on n-SiC and OPF based epoxy composites to investigate the tensile strength of the composite material. The utilization of 1% n-SiC& 1% treated OPF shows an improvement in tensile strength compared to the pure epoxy. The experimental results are also compared with 3-D finite element analysis results and a good agreement is observed between the experimental and the finite element results.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 980)
• Pages: 23-27
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.980.23
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Ng Samuel, D. Sujan*, M.E. Rahman, O. Nabinejad, M. Mohan Reddy
• Keywords: Composite Material, Epoxy, Nano Silicon Carbide, Oil Palm Fibre, Tensile Strength

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